Solar Observing Photo's:

You don't need to wait until nightfall to go stargazing.

Each day the sun — our yellow dwarf star– rises in the east and sets in the west, but have you ever looked at it up close? About 93 million miles from Earth, the sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old ball of hydrogen and helium that demands a closer look.

From sunspots on its ever-changing surface to incredible phenomena visible only during a total solar eclipse, the sun is a skywatching target like no other, yet solar observing demands great care.